Anthropic engineering manager stops coding interviews, says Claude now outperforms candidates

Felix Rieseberg, an engineering manager at AI company Anthropic, has stopped conducting coding interviews because he believes its Claude model now performs better at them. In a new blog post, he addressed junior engineers who fear AI will take their jobs. He argued that newcomers' fresh perspective is their main advantage, even though established colleagues often overlook their ideas. As a practical step, he recommended building a working prototype over a weekend. His advice comes as AI-driven layoffs are hitting entry-level tech roles hardest.